Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-11
IN EUROPEAN BATHROOMS.
Americas Famous Dancing Master Conn
mamt. on Sc.mrs lhrrr.

/ Mr.. Alien Dniworth sat i'll his apart
/ mcut in the Avenue de Alma and talked
! over the state of affairs IN Europe from a
I tcrp>ichorean point of view. "a European
ballroom said he. is iull Of surprises TO
an American. In the iirSt place. he il
astunishri l." find that in general. leaving
out the very high society people every one
dances with every L.nc else. without intro
! iuction. Approve of il OF course | don I
Do you think would wish my daughters
/ 10 he addressed by any stranger who hap
pened 10 take n fancy Ia them Anothe.
thing which Startles Us Is the cordial re-
Ccptiou accorded TO negroes. Why, in 8
large ball at any Of the various European
resorts you will see men OF all colors from
a jet black down 10 a pale yellow Waiting
with the young ladies' chatting aud irt-
ing with them; in fact, quite as well rc-
Ceived rs any one else. OF course thee
Is no reason why they should not he If
they behave themselves: bUt, all the same,
il does crate on the feelings of an Amcri-
can TO see a pretty girl whirlnG about in
the arms Of thick Tipped African"
'Do you think that they waltz in Gu
rope as we dos | asked
Decidedly not" he renlied They do
not reverse, fol instance. but 90 spinning
around with perfectly fiat motion. like
top. Ii is n mystery how they can keep
it up 50 long without falling. OF course
too, this style Of waltZing makes it quite
impossible To avoid constant collisions. |
remember an amusing sight at Wieshaden
two summers ago. \ gentleman and lady,
both Americans. were taking part in one
Of the grand balls, and were waltzng as
we always do at home. Well. the Ger
mans all around them finally began 10 get
annoyed at the clever way in which they
would shoot Ia and ont through the
crowd, and at last several couples tried to
push into them. However, at each at
tempt Of this kind, the gentleman would
skilltully change h. direction and avoid
the encounter. l never laughed more
heartily, and assure you the Americans
We're hot touched once Oh, our superior
ity IN the waltz is very generally admitted,
even in Europe. | heard all interesting
story illustrating this oily q few weeks
ago. II was oa the occasion of IA splendid
ball given III Athens at the king palace
An American couple Were Oh the tioO1.
and, both being passionateiy fond Of T.
waltz. were So absorbed in it that taey
hardly noticed that, one BY one. the other
dancers had retired, and that at last they
prince himself began 10 clap his hands
that a burst of applause showed them that
they had been the objects of general al
miration.
Il had long talk few days ago with
Desoria, one OF the best known dancing
teachers in Paris 1t was he who taught
the De besseps children TO dance the
Peacock which they did at an entertain
ment given some weeks ago at NJ de Les
seps' house Ii is an old fashioned quad |
rifle which was popular i'll the time Of
Louis XIV, and they danCe,l it very nicely. |
He tells me that young men come to him |
and expect 10 learn the waltz in two or |
three lessons, and really he would not be |
heye Inc when | told him that | have had |
pupils begin with me at 1 years of age and |
leave me ut their marriage. only to send |
lRe their own children later On. Yes, sir, |
have taught in families on Fifth avenue |
Tor three geuerations. New York Sun. |